Do you pee in the pool? Stats reveal almost half of Brits admit to spending a penny while taking a dip

It wasn't me: Almost half of all Brit holidaymakers pee in the pool admit to peeing in the pool when they are on holiday (Image: Getty)

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Here's something that might make you think twice about jumping in the pool on holiday .

A new survey says that 46% of Brits admitted to PEEING in the pool or the sea.

But we're not as bad as Americans, with two in every three people from the US confessing to the social crime, closely followed by half of Canadians.

The outrage of having a wee in the pool is apparently not felt when it comes to prolonging our fun time in the water , so says an 'honesty survey' from Travelzoo.

Unfair belief: Although we feel the Germans are the most common offenders when it comes to reserving a sunbed, a third of respondents admit to it (Image: Getty)

They've also revealed that, even though we largely perceive the Germans to be the most common offenders when it comes to reserving a sunbed, a third of respondents admitting to making the early morning towel run.

The survey asked more than 9,500 adults across the UK, US, China, Canada and Germany to own up to their worst holiday habits.

As well as weeing in the pool or sea, Americans are also the biggest culprits when it comes to heading home with the complimentary toiletries – 69% owned up to it, compared to 45% of UK holidaymakers and one in five Germans.

Fill up on freebies: Around 45 percent of UK tourists steal totel toiletries when they're on holiday (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

On the other hand, Germans were most likely to have a wandering eye on holiday with 10 per cent admitting to cheating on their partner - contrasting with 5%t of Brits and just 2% of Canadians.

Here in the UK it seems we some of us have no qualms when it comes to pulling a ‘sicky’ to drag out that holiday feeling – 15% of us owned up to it, along with a quarter of Americans.

Louise Hodges, Travelzoo’s head of communications said: "Us Brits love to grumble and moan about Germans hogging all the sunbeds at the crack of dawn, little did we know we are just as bad.”